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Which of the following is a correct option about the surface ocean currents ?
(1) Pacific Ocean : Irminger current
(2) Indian Ocean : Leeuwin current
(3) Pacific Ocean : Tsushima current
(4) Atlantic Ocean : Antilles current
Answer: D
The correct pairs are (2), (3) and (4), so the answer is (2), (3) and (4).
The Leeuwin current flows south along the west coast of Australia in the Indian Ocean (2). The Tsushima current is a branch of the warm Kuroshio flowing into the Sea of Japan in the Pacific (3). The Antilles current flows north-west past the Caribbean islands and the Bahamas in the Atlantic (4).
Pair (1) is wrong: the Irminger current is a branch of the North Atlantic Drift flowing west past Iceland towards Greenland, in the Atlantic, not the Pacific. So every option containing (1) is wrong.
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